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Stop Motion Lip Sync and the County Song

Stop Motion Lip Sync and the County Song Utilizing stop-motion animation in the music class not only serves as an ideal method for showcasing comprehension of the musical staff and note values but also offers an alternative creative avenue. Taking inspiration from Tricia Fuglestad’s blog, “Fuglefun.com,” my third-grade students embarked on the enjoyable task of crafting a lip-sync video to…

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Christmas Eve' Sarajevo Flashlight Choreography

Christmas Eve Sarajevo Flashlight Choreography The Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks!!! Listen to their captivating arrangement: Practice the flashlight choreography to Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo using this video. There are three groups plus a “large flashlight” group as indicated in the PDF Teacher guide below. I had my students bring in a flashlight from home and we covered them with colored…

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Music Choice Boards - Week 4

Music Choice Boards - Week 4/ @seesaw / PreK-5th Kid-tested :) Staff, bass clef, water drums, #musication, crafts, #quaver, @musick8magazine, #briangossard, @musicrhapsody #free

This is week four of Music Choice Boards for elementary music students and favorite activities include building instruments, sound experiments, making singing videos, and Kitchen Band playing with their family. Have you noticed how parents are slowing down and taking time to make music with their children? It’s the silver lining to COVID-19! Here are a few highlights from this week’s Music Choice…

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Music Choice Boards-Week 3

Music Choice Boards-Week 3 / Online learning clickable boards for Prek - 5th grade music

We are about to begin our third week of online learning due to the COVID-19 virus and I couldn’t be more excited. Creating musical activities and combining them in one clickable location within Seesaw makes online learning easier for everyone. Here is the Clickable Music Choice Boards-Week 3 version.    

Music Choice Boards-Week 3 for 4th and 5th graders 4th and 5th Grade Music Choice…

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Music Choice Boards for PreK and Kindergarten

Clickable Music Choice Boards for PreK and Kindergarten No. 3 / Exploring Loud and Soft #Seesaw Rocks!!

This is week No. 3 of online learning and my students and parents are loving the clickable music choice boards for PreK and Kindergarten because it puts all the activities in one location with options for each day. That’s the beauty of a clickable choice board in Seesaw; it limits some of the frustration for parents who are quarantined with preschoolers!

Choice Boards are Win-Win During COVID-19

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Clickable Music Choice Boards

Clickable Music Choice Boards for Seesaw. Simplify lesson planning. Multi-linked activities. Game-changer

Clickable Music Choice Boards for Seesaw-

When our school went to online learning because of the Covid-19 virus, I discovered that it is possible to create Clickable Music Choice Boards for Seesaw that simplify lesson planning and enables multiple links. Finding a way around these two hurdles has been a game-changer for delivering lessons that engage my music students during these unique school…

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My Musical Apron Saves the Day!

My Musical Apron Saves the Day!

  Here’s a fun and easy idea for keeping music tools handy during teaching time.   Make a Musical Apron! 

  I bought a simple handyman’s apron from the hardware store and painted it with paint pens. I wear it all the time to keep my teaching tools handy.  Here are a few of the items that are in my music apron from time to time:

  I use a laser pointerto focus attention on…

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Metaverse in Elementary Music

#Metaverse in Elementary Music / Ss awestruck exploring diff musical genres & inst #ARforEDU #EdTech #mused So many possibilities

In the past, I’ve explored Aurasma / HPReveal many times; but since it will be going away in June, I’ve found Metaverse in Elementary Musicto be an exciting alternative. Metaverse, a FREE Augmented Reality Platform, is being used by thousands of teachers to build all kinds of interactive learning experiences for their classrooms. It is so easy to create Augmented Reality experiences with…

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My Musical Heritage Project

Musical Heritage Project for 3rd/4th gr using technology. What's your heritage?

What better way to celebrate family during the holidays than with a quest. In My Musical Heritage Project, students asked open-ended questions to discover how music influenced their parents and grandparents. Technology helped  record student discoveries and enhanced the learning experience. Using their iPads, they took a picture and recorded or filmed the interviews with their family members. My…

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Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video

Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video/easy to follow video instructions

Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video I made this Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video to make teaching my students easier and to allow my students to practice at home using the Seesaw Activities option. Although many of my teacher friends around the country are experts at flashlight choreography, my students and I have never tried it before this year. After studying video examples on…

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Aurasma Brings Music to Life: It's a Game Changer!

Check out what I created for Elem. music students #augmentedreality @aurasma to bring Musical instruments to life. #edtech #musedchat #1:1 #AR is a Game Changer!

When comparing musical instruments and sorting them into orchestral families, how can we have our students actually see and hear the instrument being played to make the aural/visual connection? The magic of Aurasma brings music to life: It’s a Game Changer in the music classroom!!  Aurasma Brings Music to Life: It’s a Game Changer! You can read about and explore the ways I’ve used Aurasma in…

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2nd Graders Hired St Louis Symphony Orchestra

2nd Gr Hired St Louis Symphony Orchestra/ Read the rest of the story! #slso #mused #Seesaw

When my second graders arrived for music on Monday, they were shown a FedEx envelope with an urgent message from the St Louis Symphony conductor, David Robertson. It was terrible news that the entire orchestra had come down with the flu (it was flu season at our school) and Mr. Robertson needed help hiring new orchestra members for the upcoming Saturday concert. He sent along the orchestra…

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Star Spangled Banner Free SMART Resources

Star Spangled Banner: Free #SMART Resources for 2017 #musedchat #SMARTLab rocks

  Star Spangled Banner Free SMART Resources. In my opinion, there can never be too many resources for teaching the Star Spangled Banner Unit. What works one year with one class of students sometimes just doesn’t feel right with the next group. I’ve put together and updated the Star Spangled Banner Free SMART Resources. It is a collection of SMARTNotebook pages filled with activities and useful…

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Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST

Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST: #SMARTLab #gamification #BookCreator #SockPuppet: infuse tech w/ purpose in #mused

Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST What could be more exciting than using technology to go on a Quest to learn about our National Anthem and the American Flag? If you have access to an IWB and/or iPads, the Star Spangled Banner STAR QUEST will be the perfect addition to your teaching resources. Using the latest SMARTNotebook Lab games and QR codes, your students will be totally engaged as they…

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Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw

Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw

Flipping the Recorder Classroom Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw …five years ago was a game changer. This year, Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw, the Learning Journal, was a life-changer! You can read about my early adventures with flipping the learning using old-fashioned email here and  here. It worked great; my students would use their parent’s smartphone or the family…

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23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities

23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities for young children.

23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities   23 Updated IWB Musical Activities for Young Children This collection of 23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities for Young Children is free to download and use throughout the year. While not an all-inclusive music lesson, these 23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities for Young Children will be used best as interactive supplements to standard musical…

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3 Green Screen Tempo Videos for Kindergarten

3 Green Screen Tempo Videos for Kindergarten

Exploring Tempo with Green Screens Want to make musical a musical memory? Bring tempo to life by combining movement and  green screens. Here are 3 green screen tempo videos for Kindergarten made by kids. We all have our students move to music played at different tempi. In a classroom with one or more iPads, it’s possible to go a step further and have students use the iPad to research and show…